Julie Gerberding Quotes on Health (5 Quotes)

In addition to food safety, the emphasis on hand hygiene and common practices to prevent spread has just been enormous. I was in the Astrodome, and there was just a long row of sinks that had been brought in to help people wash their hands, help the health care workers wash their hands. Also, the people staying there are being given those hand-cleaning products that contain gels and so forth.

We believe the health hazard from this water is still a very important threat for people who have yet to evacuate, ... The results from the EPA indicate the water is full of sewage. We know it's not safe.

While the risk of the situation is very low, we're not taking any chances and we're doing everything we can to make sure that there is no threat to human health.

We know that our ability to effectively communicate, along with our skills in using computers and other information technologies, are very important in our efforts to improve people's health and well being. With these initial investments in four new Centers of Excellence, we hope to identify new tools, approaches, and strategies for managing health records, bringing together disease information from different places, understanding the questions and concerns of patients, and educating people about ways to improve their health. The more we learn about when and how to use health communication and electronic information systems, the better able we'll be to meet the needs of people in the community.

I'm sorry that this is becoming a political issue. This is really a health issue,